Cameroon has shut down the internet in its English-speaking regionsByAmindeh Blaise Atabong and CommentaryPublishedJanuary 23, 2017
Hi-tech pods that allow human beings to hibernate for long-distance space travel are about to become a realityByJacek Krywko and CommentaryPublishedJanuary 22, 2017
East Africa’s biggest retailer has sold a 25% stake to an international investorByJoshua Masinde and CommentaryPublishedJanuary 20, 2017
The enigmatic 1970s Nigerian musician who was a hipster favorite from London to BrooklynByTayo Popoola and CommentaryPublishedJanuary 19, 2017
American women are getting birth control that will outlast Donald TrumpByHannah Harris Green and CommentaryPublishedJanuary 19, 2017
What you were taught about how the moon formed may be completely wrongByJesse Emspak and CommentaryPublishedJanuary 9, 2017
A Silicon Valley scientist and entrepreneur who invented a drug to explode double chins is now working on a cure for agingByNikhil Swaminathan and CommentaryPublishedJanuary 6, 2017
Astronomers tracked down fast radio bursts to a galaxy 2.5 billion light years awayByJesse Emspak and CommentaryPublishedJanuary 4, 2017
A made-in-Kenya vehicle is targeting mass production for Africa’s rough terrainByJoshua Masinde and CommentaryPublishedDecember 30, 2016
Tanzania’s cybercrime law is beginning to bite on social mediaByOmar Mohammed and CommentaryPublishedDecember 30, 2016
Kenya’s M-Pesa platform is so successful regulators worry it could disrupt the economyByJoshua Masinde and CommentaryPublishedDecember 28, 2016
How Vera Rubin overcame sexism and invented a whole field of scientific studyByJesse Emspak and CommentaryPublishedDecember 27, 2016
Volkswagen is debuting a ride-sharing service in Rwanda next yearByJoshua Masinde and CommentaryPublishedDecember 27, 2016
Uber has started mapping South Africa’s ‘most congested’ cityByJacques Coetzee and CommentaryPublishedDecember 27, 2016
Scientists created the thinnest wires yet made of atoms coated in diamondsByJesse Emspak and CommentaryPublishedDecember 26, 2016
The US is the only country that hasn’t signed on to a key international agreement to save the planetByGloria Dickie and CommentaryPublishedDecember 25, 2016
“Sonic seasoning” is the growing scientific field that uses sound to make food taste betterByMatthew Sedacca and CommentaryPublishedDecember 24, 2016
New evidence says US sex-offender policies are actually causing more crimeBySteven Yoder and CommentaryPublishedDecember 21, 2016
Scientists fired lasers at antimatter in an experiment that probes the deepest human question: why are we here?ByJesse Emspak and CommentaryPublishedDecember 21, 2016
Illegal gold mining has supplanted cocaine trafficking as Latin America’s criminal endeavor of choiceByMarcello Rossi and CommentaryPublishedDecember 21, 2016